Main description:

Useful for cancer therapeutics for real-world patient care, this is a practical, up-to-date, and focused resource on the clinical use of modern anti-cancer medicines. Oriented towards everyday patient care, this reference carefully details what drug to use, when to use it, and how the drug metabolizes. It places special emphasis on interactions with other, non-cancer medications and comes in a handy, portable format with extensive tables, lists, sidebars, and boxes.

Contents:

1. The Principles of Cancer Therapeutics--normal cells versus tumor cells2. Clinical Skills in Cancer Therapeuticsa. The Complete Medication Historyb. Bringing pharmacokinetics to the bedsidec. Bringing pharmacodynamics to the bedsided. Critically evaluating cancer drugs and therapeutic strategies3. Drug Classes--Common and Unique Therapeutic Considerationsa. Antimetabolitesb. Alkylatorsc. DNA Repair Targetsd. Antibioticse. Hormonesf. Receptors4. Clinical Pharmacology in Specific Cancersa. Lung cancerb. Head/neck cancerc. GI cancerd. GU cancere. Bone and soft tissue cancerf. Gynecological cancerg. Nervous system cancerh. Blood and Leukemia cancers5. The Pathophysiologic Approach to Toxicity6. The Assessment of Organs/systems in Toxicitya. GIb. GUc. Pulmonaryd. Neurologicale. Hematologicf. Dermatologic7. Cancer Pharmacology in Concurrent Non-cancerous Disease8. Patient Safety and Adverse Events9. Clinical Trials and Novel Targets in Cancer Therapy10. Tables of Drug Comparisons and Cross References: Agents and Toxicities